Nakshatra Vanam

C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre
Chennai
Habitat:
Shrubs stem rounded. Leaves 10-16 x 8-10 cm, smaller in branch-lets; elliptic-ovate to obovate, apex acute or obtuse, base cordate; lateral nerves 5-7 pairs, ad-pressed pubescent when young, becoming glabrous on maturity. Flowers pale purple or greenish-white, 3 cm across; pedicels to 3 cm long, stout; calyx lobes to 3 mm long; corolla campanulate, tube short, lobes ovate to oblong, recurved; staminal corona of 5 vertical lobes, 1 cm long. Fruit saccate, to 6 x 3 cm, ovoid; seeds many. (India Biodiversity Portal.com).

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